The False Pass, Alaska Cannery was located on the north side of Unimack Island at False Pass. You can look across False Pass to the south end of the Alaska Peninsula.

False Pass (Wikipedia), is aptly named as the west end opens up in a wide and inviting waterway that is shallow with a twisty and obscured channel. In 1972 the channel was not marked and local knowledge was needed to transit west of the cannery.

The Cannery was built in 1919 by the P.E. Harris, Co. and burned down in the spring of 1981 when a bearing failed in a generator and the rotor dropped down onto the stator while the generator continued to run producing a jet of flames out the bottom of the generator that set the oil soaked creosote floor of the powerhouse on fire.

Here are a few Pictures of the False Pass Cannery Buildings.

One of the fish tenders loading supplies

The Store was also the main office for the cannery and the Post Office for False Pass

The Mess Hall and other buildings at the False Pass Cannery, 1973

One of the tenders at the dock getting ready to unload freight or fish

Bunkhouses at False Pass in 1973

Bill was the cook at False Pass, Alaska for many years, here he is on the way to the cookhouse with a load of food for dinner.

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